Features of University

The International University of Japan (IUJ) was founded in 1982 as the first English-medium graduate school in Japan with extensive support from industrial, financial and educational communities such as the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, as well as from the local communities of Minami-Uonuma region and Niigata. IUJ’s mission is to develop future leaders in the globalized world, and for this purpose, it was initiated as the first English-medium graduate school in Japan. IUJ has accepted around 4,200 students from 122 countries and has successfully established its long-standing reputation as a unique educational and research institution known as “mini United Nations.”

The uniqueness of IUJ comes from its campus environment. On our campus, about 360 students from about 60 countries and faculty members live together in dormitories, which enable students and faculty members to create close connections and interact with each other day and night. This learning environment is truly a unique and global intellectual community, unsurpassed in the world.

IUJ consists of two graduate schools:
Graduate Schools of International Relations (GSIR) and International Management (GSIM). GSIR, established in 1982, currently offers two-year master’s programs in International Development Program (IDP), Public Management and Policy Analysis Program (PMPP), and International Relations Program (IRP). GSIM, established in 1988 as the first US-style business school in Japan, offers a two-year or one-year master’s program in Business Administration (MBA) JDS Fellows will enroll in the 2 year MBA program.

Students and Learning Environment:
IUJ campus is multinational. In any given year, over 50 overseas countries are represented within the student population. Students can learn how to work with different cultural, historical and social backgrounds in ways that are not easily possible anywhere else. One of the strengths of IUJ is that overseas students live together on campus and study with Japanese students who can introduce them to various sides of Japanese society and culture. Many of IUJ’s overseas students, not limited to JDS Fellows, are from such entities as government ministries, government agencies, and central banks.

IUJ’s strategic location in the serene heartland of rural Japan provides a unique learning place for young men and women from all parts of the world to gather and to learn from each other and from highly qualified international faculty. Although the International University of Japan is in a small countryside city with a population of approximately 60,000, the shinkansen (bullet train) provides very easy access to Tokyo, the journey taking approximately 90 minutes. Through advanced facilities, including the Local Area Network (LAN), students can access the internet and E-Resources even from off-campus.

Now our graduates are all over the world and moving up professional ladders to hold higher positions which enable them to better utilize their expertise. IUJ also has a well-maintained online alumni database, and local alumni chapters regularly organize various events, some on the same day all over the world.

Features of Graduate School

MBA Program of the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) of the International University of Japan (IUJ) aims to train tomorrow’s leaders who can effectively work in global environments. Especially for foreign students, our program teaches how to tap into global resources to develop their countries by using various strategies in finance, marketing, technology, and management. GSIM has been offering MBA Program over three decades for both individuals and government officials. The cross-registration scheme for courses allows students to customize their study to meet one’s specific needs. The fact is that GSIM can attract 30% of the MBA class from government sectors in countries such as Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Kyrgyz, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Nepal and several Asian countries is testimony for the appeal of GSIM to government sectors.

Our program offers high quality management education based on rigorous theoretical foundation and knowledge from recent research. In the first year of the MBA curriculum, all the students learn the fundamental skills necessary to be leaders who can be effective as well as socially responsible. In the second year students selects the courses under the supervision of a faculty mentor. During second year of study at GSIM, students work closely with the research supervisor, conduct necessary field research etc., and complete their thesis. As necessary, GSIM also appoints a co-supervisor, normally an expert from outside the regular faculty to strengthen the research experience.

From February 20, 2018, the Graduate School of International Management (GSIM), IUJ has proudly obtained accreditation from *AACSB International, the world’s leading authority on quality assurance of business schools. IUJ has become one of the four AACSB accredited universities in Japan up to date, and the first accredited English-medium university in Japan, offering graduate degree programs.

Features of the Program

MBA Program of the Graduate School of International Management of the International University of Japan aim to train true global leaders. We have successfully trained many students from Myanmar, Mongolia, Vietnam, Cambodia and several other countries through JDS projects. Many of them are now holding important positions in various governmental organizations as well as in private sectors, such as Central Banks, government banks, various government ministries, state enterprises, stock exchanges and other government and non-government organizations. Our extensive experience in training such student’s from foreign governments is our strength, and they form an important part of student body. Our programs are designed to provide students with the functional knowledge and fundamental skills necessary to be effective and socially responsible leaders.

GSIM is pleased to have students sponsored under JDS project from Myanmar. Currently it has JDS Fellows coming from several countries. Some JDS Fellows tend not to be strong in quantitative analysis which is an important component of the key courses in our program such as Finance, Accounting, and Statistics. This may be due to the difference in the education systems in their home country. Faculty members always pay attention to those students who are in the special needs to obtain quantitative and analytical skills from the basics. Tutorial or follow-up sessions are conducted as needed.

In addition, when JDS Fellows enter the program, one GSIM faculty member is assigned to each JDS Fellow as an academic mentor. In this approach, each JDS Fellow can consult with the faculty member from the beginning about the academic issues such as courses to take and research topics to work on as well as social issues that JDS Fellows may face living in Japan.

To well prepare JDS Fellows for their advance study in Japan, GSIM also offers pre-enrollment program in Japan before the first academic term starts. It also offers various field trip opportunities in Japan as well as various special lectures and seminars conducted by specialists from academics, government and corporations.

The core values of the MBA program concerned to IT/ICT include:

(1) Learn the theoretical basis of management and Information Technology.

(2) Acquire management skills necessary to execute IT/ICT projects

(3) Acquire management skills necessary for policy makers as well as practical expertise to actually design and implement IT/ICT policies at government level or at organization level

(4) Acquire ability to analyze problems by researching under an area faculty and writing a thesis on a topic relevant to practical aspects of IT/ICT policy making, strategy, or on a topic agreed with the JDS fellow’s organization

(5) Gain an international viewpoint, network and communication skills through studying and living at IUJ.

Specific to IT/ICT area at GSIM is the state-of-the-art E-Lab, which allows students to learn and experiment with idea in a real technology setting. E-Lab has most up-to-date IT software, network, open Internet web servers and Windows, Linux, or Apple platforms, including facilities to learn latest mobile technologies and Apps.

Necessary Curriculum to Obtain the Degrees

In the first year, JDS Fellows will mainly take the core courses to acquire basic knowledge needed for an administration executive without biasing to the specific field and train themselves to have an overall view. From the third term on, students can choose a concentration area from the 4 areas including Finance, Marketing, Management, IT/Operations Management suitable for their future careers and solve the problems the country is facing. Students can take related elective courses for the chosen concentration area. In the second year, they are required to take Advanced Seminars to write the thesis/Research Report. The Advanced Seminars are designed for guiding students to develop and complete their graduation theses/research report. Students are required to choose their academic supervisors by the end of the first year so that they can start taking the seminar courses and conducting research activities under faculty members supervision from the beginning of the 2nd year. The Advanced Seminar is conducted on a tutorial basis by the chosen supervisor and the graduation thesis/research report is individually written by the student in consultations with the supervisor.

Each faculty member of the Graduate School of International Management offers research supervision needed for MBA thesis or research report. Student is required to prepare a research proposal and find a most appropriate faculty member that could supervise his/her theses/research report.

Japanese Corporate System and Japanese Style Management and its Impact on Development

2

Japanese Corporate Finance and Financial System and its Impact on Development

2

Monozukuri (Manufacturing) Management in Japan

2

Development of Japanese Industries and Innovation behind

2

Japanese Employment Practices and Human Capital Accumulation

2

Business Leaders in Japan and their Impact on Development

2

Small to Medium-sized Firms in Japan and their Impact on Development

2

4

Capstone Courses

Leadership Bootcamp

1

Strategy Simulation

1

International Career Development

1

Basic Discipline Courses

5

Area 3:
Management
(offered by GSIM)

Strategic Management

2

Organiztional Behavior

2

International Management

2

Financial Accounting

2

Marketing Management

2

Operations Management

2

Area 1:
Political Science
(offered by GSIR)

Comparative Government and Politics

2

Human Rights and Global Justice: Cultures, Gender, and Equality

2

Contemporary International Security Issues: National and Human

2

Foreign Policy Analysis

2

Public Administration

2

Managing Public Organization

2

Area 2:
Economics
(offered by GSIR)

Microeconomics I: Price Theory

2

Macroeconomics I: Income Theory

2

Essentials of Economics

2

International Economic Systems and Order

2

Development Policy and Globalization

2

Cost Benefit Analysis

2

6

Language Courses

Refer to Table 3

7

GSIR Courses

Refer to Table 4

Table 2: Credit requirements in each course category

Program Credits
(24 credits)

School Credits
(30 credits)

1

Basic Courses

Students must take all 8 courses and obtain 15 credits in total.

2

Seminar

Students must take all 3 courses and obtain 6 credits in total.

3
4

Applied Disciplinary Courses
Capstone Courses

Students must choose courses from the list of Applied Discipline and Capstone courses and obtain at least 3 credits, if he/she opted thesis, or 7 credits, if he/she opted research report. Students must obtain at least 6 more credits from any courses listed in Applied Disciplinary/Capstone courses so that the total number of credits obtained from GSIM courses becomes 30 credits.

Basic Discipline Credits (8 credits)

5

Area1/2/3

Students must choose at least 2 credits from each of the three Basic Discipline areas and earn 8 credits in total.

6

Language Courses

Up to 4 credits are counted toward degree as Elective Courses.

7

GSIR Courses

Credits obtained from GSIR courses can be counted toward degree as Elective Courses.

Table 3: Language Courses

6. Language Courses

(Courses are subject to change)

Credit

Academic English I

1

Basic Japanese III

0.5

Academic English II

1

Basic Japanese IV

0.5

Academic English III

1

Basic Japanese V

0.5

English for Thesis Writing I

1

Basic Japanese VI

0.5

English for Thesis Writing II

1

Intermediate Japanese I

1

English for Professional Communication I

1

Intermediate Japanese II

1

English for Professional Communication II

1

Intermediate Japanese III

1

English Academic Literacy

1

Advanced Japanese I

1

Elementary Japanese I

1

Advanced Japanese II

1

Elementary Japanese II

1

Advanced Japanese III

1

Elementary Japanese III

1

Advanced Japanese IV

0.5

Basic Japanese I

0.5

Advanced Japanese V

0.5

Basic Japanese II

0.5

Advanced Japanese VI

0.5

Table 4: GSIR Courses

7. GSIR Courses

(Courses are subject to change)

Credit

Statistical Methods

2

Information Policy and Management

2

Microeconomics I: Price Theory

2

Diplomacy and Statecraft

2

Microeconomics II: Strategic Behavior and Information Analysis

2

Financial System and Financial Regulation

1

Macroeconomics I: Income Theory

2

Monetary Policy in Developing Countries

2

Macroeconomics II: Business Cycle and Growth Theory

2

Global Market Seminar

1

Macroeconomics and Policy Analysis

2

Local Government and Public Service

2

Econometrics

2

Environment, Sustainable Development, and Human Security

2

Development Policy and Globalization

2

Refugees, Migrants, and Human Security

2

Development Economics

2

Security and Strategy: National and International

2

Public Finance

2

Essentials of Economics

2

Monetary Economics and Policy Analysis

2

Cross-cultural Communication

2

International Finance

2

Cross-sectional and Panel Data Analysis

2

International Trade

2

Time Series Analysis

2

Managing Public Organizations

2

Interactions, Institutions, and Economic Development

2

Public Policy Process

2

Energy Policy

2

Public Administration

2

Environmental and Health Economics

2

Public Finance and Budgeting

2

Environmental Policy & Disaster Management

2

Public Human Resource Management

2

Industrial Organization and Policy Analysis

2

International Political Economy: Comparative Perspectives

2

Cost Benefit Analysis

2

International Economic Systems and Order

2

Diplomacy in Practice I

2

Foreign Policy Analysis

2

Diplomacy in Practice II

2

International Organization

2

Global Issues: UNU Global Seminar

1

International Politics

2

Economics of Poverty and Inequality: Modeling and Forecasting

2

History of International Relations

2

Postwar Japanese Politics and Its Impact on Development

2

Comparative Government and Politics

2

Japanese National Security Policy and Its Impact on Development

2

Poverty, War, and Human Security

2

International Relations and Foreign Policy of Japan and Their Impact on Development

2

International Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

2

Japanese Foreign Assistance Policy and Its Impact on Development

2

Human Rights and Global Justice: Cultures, Gender, and Equality

2

Japanese Public Finance and Administration and Its Impact on Development

2

Global Civil Society: Citizenship and Democracy

2

Postwar Japanese Economy and Its International Expansion

2

International Law

2

International Political Economy Surrounding Japan

2

Contemporary International Security Issues: National and Human

2

Japan in the World After Meiji Restoration

2

Mathematics for Economics and Management

2

Japanese Education System and Its Impact on Development

2

Research Methodology

2

International Relations in Southeast Asia

2

Introduction to Policy Analysis

2

Contemporary Japanese Economy

2

Introduction to Policy Modeling

2

Social Issues in Contemporary Japan: Modern and Postmodern

2

Capital Budgeting and Debt Management

2

Japanese Government & Politics

1

Collaborative and Participatory Governance

2

Chinese Foreign Policy

2

Policy Evaluation

2

American Foreign Policy

2

Introduction to Electronic Government

2

International Relations in the Middle East

2

Public Management Information Systems

2

International Relations in Eurasia

2

List of faculty members capable of guiding JDS Fellows

At the time of enrollment, a faculty consultant will be assigned to each JDS fellow to help with studies and research until the end of the second term when the fellows find their own supervisors. An academic supervisor will be determined based on students’ thesis topic. The supervisors give participants appropriate guidance in selecting courses useful for their research and writing a master’s thesis. The thesis writing gives the participants a crucial opportunity to learn how to discuss and analyze their research topic in depth by integrating the concepts and methods that have been acquired during the entire two-year program as well as the knowledge that had been developed in their previous professional careers. All professors at IUJ are all capable of supervising students in English and following faculty members are capable of supervising JDS Fellows.
Information on the faculty members: http://www.iuj.ac.jp/gsim/im-faculty/

All faculty members marked with ◎ listed below can supervise the JDS Fellows and faculty members marked with ○ can co-supervise with another full-time faculty member.

Courses begin: early Jan
Advanced Seminar II by supervisor
Examination Period: late March
Spring holidays begin: late March

Spring Term

Courses begin: early April
Advanced Seminar III by supervisor
Submission of thesis: mid May
Thesis oral defense: mid May
Examination Period: mid June
Graduation Ceremony: late June

Facilities

All facilities at IUJ, including student’s dormitories, faculty’s housing, classrooms, computer rooms, library, gym, cafeteria, school shop etc., are within 5-minute walk. As the official language is English at IUJ, all administrative offices including Admissions, Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Student Services, Accounting, Library, are staffed with English speaking staff.

Library (Open 8:30 AM – 24:00):
Matsushita Library and Information Center (MLIC) was built in 1988 with donations from “the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.”(“the present day Panasonic”). The library holds about 100,000 books (80% Non-Japanese), about 34,500 titles of full text electronic journals, and a variety of databases to check world-class financial and macro data for various countries, which enable students to access real time information on business and market movements.

Study Rooms (Open 24 hours):
A wireless LAN is available, so students can connect their PCs to the campus LAN from anywhere in computer rooms, Library and Study Rooms.

Student Dormitories:
There are three single student dormitories (SD1, SD2 and SD3 with communal kitchens) and one married student dormitory (MSA). Each single room is furnished and has a private Western-style bathroom and the internet through WiFi or cable access for connecting to the campus LAN. The dormitories also boast computer lounges, numerous meeting rooms, group kitchens and washing machines, TV lounges with satellite broadcasts, a billiards room, a tatami room, a prayer room, and storage facilities. At least one English-speaking dorm staff is stationed 24 hours a day and 7 days a week including weekends and national holidays

The Campus Cafeteria (Shokudo):
Lunch and dinner are provided. Meats served are halal.

School Shop:
A limited range of groceries, snacks, drinks and a selection of stationary goods are sold here. Services available through the school shop are; dry-cleaning, postal services and parcel delivery service.

Gymnasium and Sports Facilities:
A full-sized gymnasium and a work-out room are very popular places. Students gather nightly in the gym for that evenings’ sport or work out on the universal gym. Outdoors, IUJ has 4 tennis courts, two of which are lit for night-time tennis.

Counseling Room
Counseling services in English are available on campus. A well-experienced counselor with an international background is stationed to support your campus life with private and confidential consultation on a wide-range of issues including stress managements, anxiety, personal issues, interpersonal issues, etc.

Message for Applicants

From University:

The Graduate School of International Management (GSIM) of IUJ was established in 1988 in collaboration with the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, USA, becoming the first U.S. style business school in Japan. We have one of the strongest faculties in the field of Business in Japan. Since the establishment, our faculty has drawn on their passion for teaching based on their research and professional experiences. We are committed to provide education and research programs that reflect the realities of the marketplace. Case studies used in classroom, which include cases from emerging countries as well, replicate actual business situations. Students work together to learn how to make most suitable or strategically best decisions under typical management conditions, including lack of complete information, and complex tradeoff situations.

IUJ currently has 52 students from Myanmar. GSIM is uniquely qualified to train JDS Fellows from Myanmar who are intended in managing state enterprises and creating suitable policies for them to create new business and job opportunities. They can learn market economy, global business trend, and upcoming strategies in the MBA program.

Our faculty members always pay attentions to students who are in the special needs to obtain quantitative and analytical skills from the basics. Tutorial or follow-up sessions are conducted as needed. Upon arrival before the regular classes start, GSIM provide orientation courses, which cover basic mathematics, statistics, economics, data modeling, case method teaching, etc. GSIM have dedicated committee to oversee JDS Fellows’ needs and organize field trips, special guest lectures and several engagement activities.

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